Overview
- Maicon Pedroso in Criciúma, Brazil, fainted as his second daughter was delivered by C-section on April 18.
- Hospital staff eased him to the floor, raised his legs, and fanned his face until he woke and then he met his newborn.
- Birth photographers Patricia Vogel and Viviane Borges, who have documented more than 1,500 births, said the room was calm and that he fainted at 8:24am.
- Footage of the collapse has drawn nearly 19 million views online, according to Creatorzine as cited by the outlets reporting the story.
- Pedroso said he remembers nothing from the birth, and he, his wife Mariane Felippe, and their daughter are reported to be doing well.